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What is the distance between the Sun and the planet Mars?

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The correct answer is

227.9 million km

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is called the Red Planet because of iron oxide on its surface.

Its average distance from the Sun (semi-major axis) is about 227.9 million km, or roughly 1.52 astronomical units.

For comparison, Earth orbits at about 149.6 million km from the Sun.

Hence, 227.9 million km.

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